These are some of the entries in a photoshop contest, from website Worth1000.com, to combine plants with animals into a variety of absurd plantimals, such as this freshly cucumber frog…
Slice of cucumber anyone? Frocumber by Ziaphra
Kirlian photography refers to a form of photogram made with a high voltage. It is named after Semyon Kirlian, who in 1939 accidentally discovered that if an object on a photographic plate is connected to a source of high voltage, small corona discharges (created by the strong electric field at the edges of the object) create an image on the photographic plate. See wiki for detail.
Robert Buelteman the author of the photos presented in this blog. Use his elaborate extension of Kirlian photography – works indoors in total darkness, forsaking cameras, lenses, and computers for jumper cables, fiber optics, and 80,000 volts of electricity. The whole process is so tricky that each image can take up to 150 attempts. (@_@ is there any easy and safe way to do that? Can we achieve that by Photoshop special effect?) Anyway, those pictures are really amazing. And if you want to see more, click here to visit his website.
Carnivorous plants (sometimes called insectivorous plants) are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients (but not energy) from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans, typically insects and other arthropods. Carnivorous plants appear adapted to grow in places where the soil is thin or poor in nutrients, especially nitrogen, such as acidic bogs and rock outcroppings.
There are five basic trapping mechanisms found in carnivorous plants.
1. Pitfall traps (pitcher plants) trap prey in a rolled leaf that contains a pool of digestive enzymes or bacteria.
2. Flypaper traps use a sticky mucilage.
3. Snap traps utilize rapid leaf movements.
4. Bladder traps suck in prey with a bladder that generates an internal vacuum.
5. Lobster-pot traps force prey to move towards a digestive organ with inward-pointing hairs.
